Olly HaynesThe movement to ‘kill the bill’ is back.The Police Crime Sentencing and Courts bill, which the Home Office says will, “protect the public by giving the police the tools needed to…Dec 11, 2021Dec 11, 2021
Olly HaynesBack In Love CityMost of the indie rock groups of the early 2000s and 2010s haven’t managed to master the transition into the 2020s. Many have become…Sep 19, 2021Sep 19, 2021
Olly HaynesNotes ahead of the 2022 electionThe prevailing narrative until recently was that 2022 would be a contest between Le Pen and Macron, that the left was in total disarray…Aug 9, 2021Aug 9, 2021
Olly HaynesKill The Bill Demo Takes Place In Oxford.Tim Hunt from Extinction Rebellion said “the policing bill has limitations of freedom written all over it. There are already significant…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
Olly HaynesHow unemployment is becoming more and more like a job.One of the major economic side effects of the pandemic and the lockdowns that were introduced to mitigate it, is a much higher…Dec 11, 2020Dec 11, 2020
Olly HaynesGraduates without a future? How students feel about graduating into a crisis.The global financial crisis that began in 2007 prompted a significant reassessment of the higher education system by both the students and…Jul 22, 2020Jul 22, 2020
Olly HaynesIs Protest Under Threat in the UK and France?On the 6th of February the Stanstead 15, the activists convicted under anti-terror legislation for a protest which blocked a deportation…Feb 10, 2019Feb 10, 2019
Olly HaynesFrance’s Great National Debate…Since the first protest on the 17th of November it seems like a wave of anger was unleashed that still has as yet to break and dissipate.Jan 14, 2019Jan 14, 2019
Olly HaynesThe French rappers channelling anger and optimism to support the Gilets JaunesFrench hip-hop has tended to be more explicitly political than its counterpart across the channel. Of course, as Dan Hancox notes Grime is…Jan 5, 2019Jan 5, 2019
Olly HaynesThe graffiti slogans on the walls of Paris highlight the Gilets Jaunes’ ideological diversity: A…Photos: Me in Paris, 15th December.Dec 21, 2018Dec 21, 2018